Species P. ornata

[Burchling]

You'll know its a female for a fact, if there isn't a dot on the ventral.

You just blew my mind... I never knew that. Thanks for the info, and it would appear I have a beautiful little girl huzzah! How old is your male? These are one of the few species that are sexually dimorphic and the males are in the running sometimes for looking better than their female version JMO... Don't you just love these T's, though? I still find myself staring into her enclosure with a torch, mouth agape, and no doubt drooling on the floor. They look just as astonishing on the ventral side as they do on the dorsal side. Pretty rare feature as well if ya know what I mean post up some more pics of yours! It looks shweeeet

 

[eldondominicano]

My male is only about 2.5"-3" in legspan, age wise I don't know, I got him as a sling about 1.5", he's part of a breeding pair I have for Ornata, so when I was learning to ventrally sex tarantulas, it made it easier to put the two next to each other and say " Ohh, well that was easy ". Ill post a pic of my female

 

[Burchling]

There's a piece of coco fiber substrate stuck to her in my pic, but I've had a look since reading this and she is "mos def" .... a she.

 

[eldondominicano]

There's a piece of coco fiber substrate stuck to her in my pic, but I've had a look since reading this and she is "mos def" .... a she.

I can't get a photo of my female right now, my tech is being stupid.. But yes my friend, enjoy her!! They get quite long in leg span, but super leggy

 

[Burchling]

I can't get a photo of my female right now, my tech is being stupid.. But yes my friend, enjoy her!! They get quite long in leg span, but super leggy

I cannot wait I've got a HUGE setup for her when she gets there... Currently being used by an albino ball python (Butters) He won't have such a fancy house anymore once Zwicky (the P. Ornata) grows out of AMAC containers... and she's on the biggest size now. Albeit she IS going into a large arboreal enclosure from tarantulacages.com. They are so effing awesome lol. I hope to have about 20 of them some day to display all my big bad breeder females hahaha thanks again for the sweet info.

 

[eldondominicano]

I cannot wait I've got a HUGE setup for her when she gets there... Currently being used by an albino ball python (Butters) He won't have such a fancy house anymore once Zwicky (the P. Ornata) grows out of AMAC containers... and she's on the biggest size now. Albeit she IS going into a large arboreal enclosure from tarantulacages.com. They are so effing awesome lol. I hope to have about 20 of them some day to display all my big bad breeder females hahaha thanks again for the sweet info.

No problem

 

[advan]

The spider in the first post is female, look at the carapace.

 

[Burchling]

The spider in the first post is female, look at the carapace.

You can tell by the carapace? Do tell this is my favorite species in the genus, so I want to know everything about them

 

[advan]

You can tell by the carapace? Do tell this is my favorite species in the genus, so I want to know everything about them

3" Juvenile male

3" Juvenile female

5" male

5" female

Easy enough?

 

[eldondominicano]

Wow Advan, I love it, the dimorphism is very distinct

 

[Burchling]

Gosh I love this species... I don't have any males, but your male P. Ornata looks kind of like a Rufilata! lol, I've got a 5" Blue Phase Ornata, she's beautiful.

 

[advan]

I've got a 5" Blue Phase Ornata, she's beautiful.

Care to show us ventral pictures of leg IV?

 

[hmbrower]

Not familiar with the "blue phase" myself. I would love to see.

 

[Pokie Master]

"Blue Phase"? I'm not saying there isn't but I've never heard of that. I know some call higher purple colored ones a "purple phase" but I've not heard of the blue. Do you care to show pictures?

 

[advan]

"Blue Phase"? I'm not saying there isn't but I've never heard of that. I know some call higher purple colored ones a "purple phase" but I've not heard of the blue. Do you care to show pictures?

So much for your username. ;P

The 'blue phase' has a broader white marking on the femur of leg IV than the P. ornata we are used to. Collected in a different range and actually closer to the type specimen than our hobby material.

OP: I'd still like to see the pic I requested.

 

[Pokie Master]

Good one. Lol nobody can know it all.... Even "masters" can be "students"

 

[Hydrazine]

"A true master is an eternal student."

-Master Yi

 

[Just1MorePlz]

Out for a hunt

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

A giant in the making

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